Morphological diagnosis of the eggs of stored-products mites

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-183

  Kucerova, Zuzana ^a   Stejskal, Vaclav ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acari; Chorion; Egg; Identification key; Scanning electron micrograph

Indexed keywords

EGG PARASITOID; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MITE; MORPHOLOGY; PEST SPECIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACARIDAE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; OOCYTE; PEST CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACARIDAE; ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM; PEST CONTROL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ACARUS SIRO; ALEUROGLYPHUS OVATUS; CALOGLYPHUS; CARPOGLYPHIDAE; CARPOGLYPHUS LACTIS; CHORTOGLYPHUS ARCUATUS; GLYCYPHAGIDAE; GLYCYPHAGUS DOMESTICUS; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR; TYROBORUS LINI; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE;

EID: 70350115223     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9256-0     Document Type: Article

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